Help educate the public, policymakers, government officials and private sector health care leaders about the public and personal health benefits of personalized medicine;

Serve as a forum for identifying and informing others of those public policies that may impede the ability to deliver the promise of personalized medicine; and

Create a structure for achieving consensus positions on crucial public policy issues and supporting changes needed to further the public interest in personalized medicine.

The Biotechnology Industry Organization

The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) is the world’s largest biotechnology trade association. BIO is a 501(c)(6) non-profit organization headquartered in Washington, D.C. that provides advocacy, business development, and communications services for more than 1,100 members worldwide. Its mission to be the champion of biotechnology and the advocate for its member organizations - both large and small.

BIO members are involved in the research and development of innovative healthcare, agricultural, industrial and environmental biotechnology products. They work to improve the human condition by curing the sick, feeding the hungry or developing cleaner, safer and healthier sources of energy.